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Keep the Rabbit out of this

When Luis was born, Joe’s mum Carol lost her mind in the most charming way, and showed pictures of that kid to every single person who lived on earth. We called it the Nana-cam, and she whipped out snaps of her darling boy at every possible opportunity. On the bus, in restaurants, in the queue at the bank, attending an exercise class… no person and no situation was a grandson free zone. I remember thinking it was lovely that she was so proud and so delighted, but also heaving a sigh of relief that I would never be swept up like that. I am not that sort of person, I thought, smiling as she whipped out her phone again.

Yeah. Well… wasn’t I cute, because this morning as I started getting this post together I reflected for a moment that maybe you guys wouldn’t want an Elliot post two in a row. I thought maybe I should write about something else, like maybe cables or how to count rows, and that maybe I should get a grip on myself when it came to the grandson thing and then honest to goodness I swear to the lot of you, I realized that I could not imagine that even one of you did not want to see pictures of him in his new sweater, and as I thought that – I had another thought simultaneously, and it was “Oh no I am the Nana-cam”.

So I guess I am, and look! Elliot has a new sweater!

This is Flax Light, knit in the fabulous new sweater striping yarn from Gauge Dye Works. It’s a thing now. They made some, it sold out, but they’re making more, because it’s pretty much the coolest ever.

It is definitely cooler than Elliot’s rabbit, which is not living up to expectations. (I am unclear on how the rabbit is disappointing him, but I think we can all agree that his position is clear.)

I’m loving this little sweater, and Megan and Alex are too – it’s soft, thin, wearable as clothes rather than a layer, and looks great on him. If I can get that yarn in another colourway, I’ll make him another one. Something’s got to make up for the rabbit.

Love the Elliot pics. If I were only tech savvy enough, I would include a pic of my newest grand child here. Maybe I’ll learn how someday.
Maybe the rabbit will grow on him with time. Make the rabbit a very tiny lumberjack hat and a sweater, so he looks like family. And how about a scarf with a squeeker sewn in a pocket on one end. So he does something.
Gramma Julie in San Diego, where it is cold (50 F) and rainy tonight.

I love Elliot pictures and posts!
My son wanted nothing to do with his stuffed bunny until he made the connection that it was his “Knuffle Bunny” which are some of his favorite books.
Maybe read some knuffle bunny if you haven’t already.

My twin grandbabies are 20 months old now. When they were newborn I would walk into the grocery store and wonder…why didn’t any of these people know that I am a Grandma now? I wanted to tell you about this phenomenon when Elliot was born. I will tell you a second discovery. I get to visit the baby that my now adult child was. When my granddaughter behaves just like my daughter did it is like going back in time to those wonderful times!!! Welcome to the best club ever!!!

My kids are long grown, and there’s not a grandkid in sight, so I just love the Elliot pictures. He’s growing and changing so fast that if you don’t post pictures often, we won’t recognize him. Thank you and his parents for sharing him. Is your daughter happy or sad to lose her best knitwear model status?

Look at his beautiful TEETH! Keep the Elliot knit pics a-coming, no complaints here. Kid knits are so fun. You can put Hank and the other not so wee babes in for variety if you feel you need to camouflage the nana cam a tad.

Okay, two things. First, if Luis’ recent photos are any indication, he must have been a remarkably cute baby, because he’s surely a remarkably cute child. Second, I’m a nana, too, and I have come to realize that when a grandparent shows you a photo of their grandchild, they’re not just showing you a photo, they’re not bragging, they’re sharing with you pure, unadulterated love. That’s all that photo is. Pure love.

I was smiling indulgently until I got to the rabbit, at which point I made the snort that wakes you up when you’re sleeping on your back…glottal snort. Keep it up, Elliot, man. You’ve mastered Cute, and it’s the nuances of that brow that keep me coming back.

We are grandmothers and are proud of our grandsons – even of granddaughters if I had one – and we want to see and show them: in the new knitted sweaters or hats or socks or whatever. This is how we are.
And it’s ok. As long as they are babies. Don’t embarrass them when they start going to school!

I don’t think Elliot is disappointed with his rabbit. I think he’s disappointed with what his grandmom offered in exchange for his rabbit. After all, everyone knows rabbits are MUCH more fun than sauerkraut! (The sweater is great! Also, TEEF!)

Obviously the rabbit needs matching clothes. Or it could be that grandma didn’t knit the rabbit and isn’t making the softness grade in a wide sense. Since I am a first time expectant grandma, please continue the gram-cam. I’m taking lessons. I’m also going to be getting the pattern and some great yarn. Babies need warm clothers

Love the Elvis snarl!
It’s doubly delightful to see Elliott and knitwear.
Perhaps a knitted sequined bedazzled jumpsuit? With a matching knitted Elvis wig of course!
Although I am concerned that The World’s Top Knitwear Model may feel she’s being pushed into retirement. First Hank, then Luis…..even her last photoshoot was shared. Sigh. You’ll always be our favourite Sam!

Dear gods, please don’t worry about showing Elliot photos – he IS a model, after all! (And you should show as many as you want, with or without yarn attached. There’s nothing wrong with admitting that cuteness has value in-and-of itself, and that kid has it in spades!)

Elliot is wonderful. He is a great little knitwear model, and now with his new pearly whites he is even cuter. His sweater is lovely, but you could probably show him to us in just his diaper and we would still love him.

Elliott is the newest hope of your family, and all of you need this new life right now.

He is a great model and what a great idea for a dye job.

You have always been susceptible to babies, and the blog has featured a large number of random babies over the years. So, those of us that have been following are not surprised.

This isn’t like my former boss, who didn’t care for animals, small children, or plants that shed their leaves. He kept candy in his drawer for his grandchildren. His grandson had him march through the house in a 4th of July parade.

Or my strict FIL – who taught his grandson to crawl up stairs before he had the coordination to get back down – and wouldn’t tell him to stop. And who had suction darts hanging from his cathedral ceiling.

If these men fell to the charm of grandchildren, you were doomed to Nana-cam before Elliott was a gleam in his parents’ eyes!

Keep up the Nana-cam. I sometimes come to the blog to see his beautiful smile when I have a stressful day because it makes me smile. Oh, and the knitting stuff is great too. Back to my knitting projects!

How could anyone get tired of that face? Your family makes some seriously cute kids! The great thing about the blog is that each reader gets to choose how long we look at each picture. Some might say, kid photo…next! Some might say oh cute kid, and a cute sweater…next. And then some of us say…yahoo! a great picture of an adorable kid wearing a great knitted item, wait let me look at that one again. Yes, I’m in the last category. Thanks for sharing!!

In the first place, a great knitwear model is always appreciated. In the second place, in the world in which we are currently living there can be no such thing as too many adorable baby and animal photos. Finally, it’s not just your biased grandmotherly opinion–the little guy is a cutie. Keep the pictures coming! The sweater is great, too!

Nah, I’m really sick of that bald little head and those fat little cheeks and … are those teeth? Elliot has TEETH? When did that happen? Oh well, I’m not in the least impressed or delighted or cooing or anything like that. I suppose if he gets tired of having cameras aimed at him and people all over the world drooling all over his pictures, you could stick in one or two of Luis and Frankie, just to remind us how big and stinky this little one will be before long … but I don’t really care. I don’t check your blog and instagram every single day hoping for kid pics. Not me.

Well. I am a grandma to 13 and granny to 5 (so far) great grandkids. I know cutie when I see it and that boy is CUTE!!! I love seeing babies. Especially from one grandma to another. I too carry phone with pictures. I enjoy your blog. Keep it up. Linda

Speaking selfishly, I *absolutely* want to see more of Elliot. 🙂 He’s so cute, and I keep posts with him marked “unread” in my blog-reader, simply because he makes me smile.

I am not the “loves kids” type, more of the “I don’t know what to do to entertain you, can’t you just read a book or something?” type; but we are going to try for some of our own soon anyway, and your posts about Elliot are helping combat my fear & nervousness about bringing a child of my own into the world. So please keep them coming, and may ours be as cute as your grandson. 🙂

Of course we want to see Elliot in his new sweater! I showed my two youngest (10 and 12 years old) the picture with Elliot and his new hat the other day and said ‘Isn’t he the cutest baby’ and they both agreed!

Can’t imagine that we would ever tire of seeing pictures of Elliot or Luis or any equally charming baby or child & especially if there is hand knitting involved. Keep them coming. PS that sweater is too, too kool and I feel my fingers twitch but I have 3 projects going and that does not bode well for any of them to get done.

If you look at the demographic profile of the blog reader, your blog content has a high approval rating. I’m of the opinion that there is choice in the blog world and prospective readers don’t have to read your blog if the content doesn’t appeal. On a knitting note, knitted goods for babies are smaller than adult examples and good ways to knit a sample without vast expenditure – I think most blog readers are liking the pics.

I love reading about Elliott. Just like I loved stories about Hank (and I am sad that he has grown up), and Luis and any other baby you want to write about. So bring it on! Please take a lot of photos of Elliott and post them before he grows up!

I think he is the most adorable baby I have ever seen (after my own, of course). I think we should require you to include an Elliot picture in every post. You can just put it at the bottom as a p.s. if you aren’t actually writing about him; that would be fine.

I, too, said I would not be that kind of grandmother….then along came 4 granddaughters. I will say that I was stopped in my tracks when the first one was born and a long time coworker said to me “I don’t like babies and I don’t want to see those pictures….” and walked off. This person had kids from several marriages and grandkids.

Every post should have some Elliot in. He is properly cute and why shouldn’t you be the Nana-cam?
Besides, you can’t show off that sweater properly without the next-generation knitwear model.
Bet that Better Gauge Works love Elliot too! Is he on commission?

Katie Lacewell on January 14, 2018 at 2:09 pm said:
When I saw the title, I immediately thought you were going to announce Elliot will have a sibling sometime this year. For some reason, in my family, when anyone turned up pregnant (love that phrase) my parents would say, “I saw ________ today. The rabbit died.” I’m pretty sure this refers to the male rabbit’s reaction to successful sex. Took me a while to figure it out, though.
(Had to re-comment this comment on the right blog post. Sheesh.)

I hate to tell you, Steph, but that grandparent-grandchild obsession never goes away. Can I tell you about my grandson? He was married in very chilly outdoor ceremony in late December. I’d show you a picture, but I’m not that deft with my phone. My new granddaughter-in-law wore the shawl I had knit, in part to help her keep warm.

Don’t worry. It’s a very common thing with all first-time grandparents. My dad does the same thing with pictures of my niece; he’s got pictures of her everywhere and is willing to show anybody a picture of her. I guess you could say he has the “Grandpa-Cam”.

And yes, there is no such thing as too much Elliot on The Blog. It will be so much fun watching him grow up!

Does he have knitted socks on too?
He is very, very, cute. Will never get tired of family pictures. I am the public health nurse who sat with my (mostly elderly) clients and went through all the scrapbooks-and loved every single minute.

I adore Elliot posts – if every post had a photo of him, even if he was not directly related to the post, I’d be a happy camper. I mean, I love all your posts and content, but he is such a dapper little fella 🙂

We LOVE pictures of that wonderful grandson of yours. Not only is he adorable, he is also a great sweater model! Of course, if I’m ever in an elevator with you again, you might have to see pictures of MY adorable grandson too. Mine had the audacity to grow out of a heavily cabled cardigan while in mid-knit. Fortunately, I had extra yarn and frogged the first sweater and turned it into one two sizes larger. And he’ll outgrow that one by spring. Praise heaven, he’s healthy. That’s my consolation and it’s a good one.

He is sooooo incredibly adorable. Those expressions are pretty irresistable. You share all the pictures you want! Boy, isn’t he getting big? Sitting up already! As for your last post, in all fairness you did have pictures of many of your family members and not just sweet little Elliot.

Well kids, he’s disappointed in the rabbit because it’s upside down. He just has to figure out that the eyes need to be up where his eyes are. Count me in on the votes for matching rabbit sweaters, too. Not sure how Gauge Dye Works will feel about running a Rabbit Sweater line, but I’m sure they’ve been asked for stranger things.

I also vote for more Elliott, until he or his parents choose not. Those cheeks!
And pictures of Elliott or any other members of your Top Knitwear Models(tm) family do not take away from any topic at hand. Heck, just random pix not at all related to the post o’the day aren’t going to be a problem for The Blog, it seems!

He is adorable, and I love the faces he makes. The sweater is pretty awesome, as well. (That yarn sounds like a great idea.) I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of looking at babies in, or with, knitted things.

Go right ahead and show us that beautiful grandson of yours! Because every single one of us needs something sweet and happy to see on a regular basis, especially me.
My friend Maggie, who has no children was talking about our mutual friend Linda after Lind’s first grandson was born and she very matter-of-factly pronounced that Linda had fallen in love and would just be like that for a while. Just like when one of your friends begins an exciting romance – and that made so much sense to me. It’s not a weakness, it’s just how strong emotions are expressed.
And love is the best thing of all, right? So don’t hold back!

I will concede that there is likely a person who wouldn’t mind not seeing another picture of Elliot, but 1) that person is not me, and 2) that person DOES want to see this yarn. As such, there must be more Elliot, and I, for one, am tickled senseless to see both.